- Physical-Mechanical Testing
- Physical-Mechanical Testing of Products
- Physical-Mechanical Testing of Materials
- Custom Mixing, milling, & molding
- Unvulcanized Rubber
- Properties in Tension & Compression at Various Temperatures
- Flex & Fatigue
- Abrasion Resistance
- Cold Temperature Properties
- Dynamic Mechanical Analysis
- Environmental conditioning & exposure
- Adhesion
- Hardness & Density
- Coefficient of Friction
- Cut & Chip Resistance
- Additional Plastics Testing
- Reference Materials
- Composites Testing
- Chemical-Analytical
- Technology Consulting
- Processing & Development
- Information Services
- Tear resistance
- Compression set / stress relaxation
Properties in Tension and Compression at Various Temperatures
Smithers has several instruments that can measure how your product responds to a variety of mechanical stresses so that you can better predict how your material or product will perform in its application. Below are some of the analyses that Smithers completes on a regular basis.
Stress / strain analysis
• Tensile strength
• Ultimate elongation
• Moduli at various extension levels